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Aly Venable - guitar, vocal
There's something about Texas. Open up the history
books and you'll find the Lone Star State at the
eye of every rock 'n' roll storm. Pull up a stool
in any bar-room and you'll still hear Southern
gentlemen spin stories of ZZ Top, Johnny Winter
and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Now, tip a ten-gallon hat
to the bandleader writing her own name onto the
state's famed back pages, as Ally Venable releases
breakout third album, Texas Honey with production
from another local hero, Mike Zito. She might
only be hitting her twenties, but long-term fans
will know this isn't Ally's first rodeo.
Influenced by local legends like SRV and Miranda
Lambert, and blazing a trail across the US South,
Ally's early albums No Glass Shoes (2016) and
Puppet Show (2018) won acclaim, awards and Top 10
placings on the Billboard and iTunes Blues Charts.
But it's all been leading to Texas Honey.
Released alongside her appearance on the 2019
Blues Caravan, Ally's Ruf Records debut went down
at MARZ Studios in Nederland, Texas, where
producer Mike Zito turned the killer songs in her
back pocket into the album of her career. Expect
some sweetness and plenty of sting. Opener Long
Way Home sets the pace, fusing a twanged riff,
white-hot solo and anthemic chorus. One-Sided
Misunderstanding pairs a reflective verse with an
overdriven chorus, before Running After You offers
a bad-tempered buzzsaw riff and a lyric that
tells it straight ('If you want to leave then
go/But just know I'm not running after you').
Broken has a gritty verse that builds to a
knockout chorus, while Blind To Bad Love is a
moody half-time strut that finds Ally caught under
the spell of a bad lover ('I've tried everything
to get you out of my head'). The title track
serves up a growling riff and a solo that races
the length of the fretboard, while White Flag is
positively vicious, with a distorted vocal,
scything licks and sneered solo. Nowhere To Hide
has an irresistible pulsing groove, while Come And
Take It welcomes Eric Gales to the studio, the
pair trading vocals over stormy guitars. Finally,
on an album of all-original material, Ally tips
her hat to the greats with a grooving cover of
Careless Love Blues and a love-letter to SRV on a
mojo-packed Love Struck Baby. It's the cherry atop
the first great breakout record of 2019 from a
Texas legend-in-waiting with everything coming her
way. 'I'm very grateful,' reflects Ally, 'for all
the cool things that have happened, are happening
and will happen'
Tracks
Nowhere To Hide
Broken
Texas Honey
Blind To Bad Love
Come And Take It
Love Struck Baby
One Sided Misunderstanding
White Flag
Long Way Home
Running After You
Careless Love
Kat.č.: RUF 2054 (LP - vinyl), RUF Records , cena: 699.00 Kč, EAN: 710347205418 skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů